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NKURENKURU, 01 September 2026- Kavango West Regional Education Director Pontianus Musore speaking at the launch of Lifelong Learning Month at the Rock Sports Complex in Nkurenkuru on Tuesday.

(Photo: Lylie Joel)
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Kavango West launches lifelong learning month

NKURENKURU, 01 SEP (NAMPA) – The Directorate of Education in the Kavango West Region on Tuesday launched the 2026 Lifelong L...

WINDHOEK, 31 August 2026 - Forty-two high school delegates from across Namibia’s 14 regions, pictured with members of parliament assembled at the National Council Chamber on Monday as the 4th Junior National Council (JNC) officially opened its first session. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

Unicef unveils stark regional service disparities at Junior National Council session

WINDHOEK, 01 SEP (NAMPA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) highlighted a significant gap between urban and rural c...

Uakutura Kambaekua

KATIMA MULILO, 31 August 2026 - Judea Lyabboloma Constituency Councillor, Vincent Sinalumbu who served as the Acting Regional Governor delivered the keynote speech at the officially launch of the lifelong learning month at Katima Mulilo on Monday.

(Photo: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

Lifelong learning month officially launched in Zambezi

KATIMA MULILO, 31 AUG (NAMPA) – The Zambezi Region on Monday officially launched Lifelong Learning Month, which will run fro...

Michael Mutonga Liswaniso

WINDHOEK, 12 December 2025 - National Council Chairperson Lukas Sinimbo Muha (C) pictured with his deputy, Emma Tangi Muteka (L) and National Assembly Speaker Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila. (Photo: Contributed)

NC concludes session with passage of unamended Mental Health Bill

WINDHOEK, 30 AUG (NAMPA) – The National Council concluded its Second Ordinary Session of the 7th National Council on Friday,...

Uakutura Kambaekua

RUNDU, 07 April 2025 - The Rundu State Hospital. (Photo by: Sawi Hausiku) NAMPA

Kavango East mental health hospital absence a major challenge: Katembo

RUNDU, 27 AUG (NAMPA) – The Kavango East Region does not have a dedicated public mental health hospital, forcing patients wh...

SIKOSIKOSINYANA, 15 July 2026 - Sikosinyana Senior Secondary School Principal, Harris Tuombale.

(Photo: Contributed).

Renovations at Sikosinyana SSS underway

KATIMA MULILO, 27 AUG (NAMPA) – Renovations to the Sikosinyana Senior Secondary School in the Sibbinda Constituency of the Z...

Michael Mutonga Liswaniso

Kavango West engages on gaps in condom distribution programme

NKURENKURU, 25 AUG (NAMPA) – Stakeholders in Kavango West met in Nkurenkuru on Monday to address serious gaps in the condom ...

MARIENTAL, 24 August 2026 - Participants conduct a practical neonatal resuscitation session during training by Unam for health workers in Mariental, Hardap Region. (Photo: Joe-Chintha Garises)Nampa

UNAM hosts training to prevent neonatal deaths in Mariental

MARIENTAL, 24 AUG (NAMPA) – The University of Namibia (UNAM) is hosting a two-day training on immediate newborn care and bas...

Garises Joe-chintha

GOBABIS, 22 August 2026 - Omaheke learners gathering for vacation school. (Photo: Zebaldt Ngaruka) NAMPA

Wantenaar lauds Omaheke's efforts towards learners' performance

GOBABIS, 21 AUG (NAMPA) - Omaheke Education Director, Constance Wantenaar, has applauded the education leadership in the regio...

Zebaldt Ngaruka

OTJIWARONGO, 17 April 2025 - The accident scene approximately 12 kilometres south of Otjiwarongo on the Otavi-Otjiwarongo B1 road, where two lives were lost on Thursday in a four-truck collision. Three of the trucks were transporting a cyanide chemical from the coast to the B2Gold Mine. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Otavi vodka patients discharged from hospital in stable condition

OTAVI, 20 AUG (NAMPA) – The nine patients who allegedly consumed vodka energy drinks collected from an accident scene outsid...

Mulisa Simiyasa

KATIMA MULILO, 19 August 2026 - The Zambezi Vocational Training Centre (ZVTC) on Wednesday received 300 pieces of Kiaat timber planks from the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism. (Photo: Contributed)

Timber donation to boost youth skills at Zambezi VTC

KATIMA MULILO, 20 AUG (NAMPA) – The Zambezi Vocational Training Centre on Wednesday received a donation of 300 pieces of Kia...

Michael Mutonga Liswaniso

MARIENTAL, 12 May 2026 - Mariental Urban Constituency Councilor, Iswarin Rooi. (Photo: Contributed)

Rooi calls for stronger mental-health crisis response

MARIENTAL, 20 AUG (NAMPA) – Mariental Urban Constituency councillor, Iswarin Rooi, has called for stronger mental-health cri...

Garises Joe-chintha

OPUWO, 19 August 2026 - Members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Youth, Civic Relations and Community Development during an oversight visit to assess the implementation of the Youth Development Fund and progress on basic sports facilities in the Kunene Region on Tuesday. (Photo by: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

Parliament committee assesses YDF impact, sport facilities in Kunene

OPUWO, 20 AUG (NAMPA) – The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Youth, Civic Relations and Community Development ...

Kaviveterue Virere

WINDHOEK, 19 August 2026 - Members of the Regional Technical Advisory Committee of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Southern Africa region. (Photo: Ali Negumbo)

Southern Africa ReTAC elects new leadership

WINDHOEK, 19 AUG (NAMPA) – The Regional Technical Advisory Committee (ReTAC) of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and P...

MARIENTAL, 19 August 2026 - Hardap Regional School Health Task Force members listening to a presentation on the overview of mental health in Namibia. (Photo: Joe-Chintha Garises) Nampa

Mental health cases exceeded 91 500 in 2024/25

MARIENTAL, 19 AUG (NAMPA) – Namibia recorded 91 544 new mental health cases during the 2024/25 financial year, with 11 489 p...

Garises Joe-chintha

GOBABIS, 13 July 2026 - Omaheke Governor Pijoo Nganate. (Photo: Contributed)

Agriculture can ease youth unemployment: Nganate

GOBABIS, 19 AUG (NAMPA) - Agriculture is one of the sectors that can help in solving youth unemployment in Namibia, Omaheke Go...

Zebaldt Ngaruka

OPUWO, 18 August 2026 - Government plans to install boreholes at 21 Kunene schools. (Photo: Contributed)

Twenty-one Kunene schools to get boreholes

OPUWO, 18 AUG (NAMPA) – Twenty-one schools in the Kunene Region are set to receive boreholes under a government programme ai...

Kaviveterue Virere

OPUWO, 18 August 2026 - Minister in the Presidency, Dr Charles Mubita (fifth from left), Mega Fishing representative Rickey Tjijenda (on Mubita's left), Project Okaoko representative Andreas Horn (on Mubita's right), Kunene Regional Director of Education Sophia Frederick and other officials during the official inauguration of Okapara Primary School in the Epupa Constituency on Monday. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

Okapara Primary School officially inaugurated

OPUWO, 18 AUG (NAMPA) – The Okapara Primary School in the Epupa Constituency was officially inaugurated on Monday, providing...

Kaviveterue Virere

MARIENTAL, 15 August 2026 - Education Minister, Sanet Steenkamp, engaging education officials, principals and other stakeholders in Mariental, Hardap Region. (Photo: Joe-Chintha Garises) NAMPA

Steenkamp calls for education realignment in Hardap

MARIENTAL, 15 AUG (NAMPA) – Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Sanet Steenkamp has called for a ...

Garises Joe-chintha

Research must drive innovation and entrepreneurship: Singambwe

NKURENKURU, 15 AUG (NAMPA)- Kavango West Regional Council Chief Regional Officer, Matheus Singambwe, has advised academics tha...

OPUWO, 14 August 2026 - Two of the four toilets at the Okarukoro Primary School that were handed over by the Wavena Fishing Company on Friday. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

Wavena Fishing builds toilets for Okarukoro Primary School

OPUWO, 14 AUG (NAMPA) – Wavena Fishing and Processing Limited on Friday officially unveiled four newly constructed flushable...

Kaviveterue Virere

NKURENKURU, 14 August 2026 - The National Commission on Research, Science and Technology,and the International University of Management’s Nkurenkuru campus are calling on Namibians to move from consuming imported goods to creating and protecting local innovations through stronger intellectual property systems. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

NCRST pushes for creation, protection of local innovations

NKURENKURU, 14 AUG (NAMPA) - The National Commission on Research, Science and Technology (NCRST) has called on Namibians to mo...

WINDHOEK, 12 August 2026 - UNAM Vice-Chancellor Kenneth Matengu and Huawei Board director Jason Xu. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

UNAM, Huawei Namibia sign MoU to advance AI, digital skills development

WINDHOEK, 12 AUG (NAMPA) – The University of Namibia (UNAM) and Huawei Namibia on Monday signed a memorandum of understandin...

WINDHOEK, 11 August 2026 - Feminists and women’s rights advocates pictured during a discussion at the African Feminism Forum in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed)

African feminism forum calls for action beyond declarations

WINDHOEK, 11 AUG (NAMPA) – The African Feminism Forum has called for greater action to advance women’s political and econo...

OPUWO, 11 August 2026- Deputy Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Linda Mbwale, interacting with residents of the Otjikondavirongo Village to mobilise the community to establish an Early Childhood Development Centre. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

Mbwale calls for community participation in ECD development

OPUWO, 11 AUG (NAMPA) – Deputy Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Linda Mbwale has called for stronger community...

Kaviveterue Virere

NKURENKURU, 06 March 2025- Nkurenkuru health center in Kavango West Region.
(photo by: Lylie Joel)
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Poor network coverage undermines health services in Kavango West, MPs told

NKURENKURU, 11 AUG (NAMPA) – Poor and unreliable network coverage is undermining healthcare delivery in Kavango West, the Pa...

NKURENKURU, 10 August 2026 - Kavango West Regional Education Director, Pontianus Musore. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

Unreliable internet access cripples Kavango West schools

NKURENKURU, 11 AUG (NAMPA) - Kavango West Regional Education Director, Pontianus Musore, said most schools in the region remai...

WINDHOEK, 10 August 2026 - Vice-President Lucia Witbooi speaking during the official launch of the REALTEST Project at the University of Namibia. (Photo: Edward Tenete) NAMPA

REALTEST project to strengthen Namibia’s green hydrogen industrialisation drive

WINDHOEK, 10 AUG (NAMPA) – The University of Namibia (UNAM) on Monday officially launched the REALTEST project, a research a...

Ruguru Investment builds classroom block for Kamina JPS

NKURENKURU, 10 AUG (NAMPA) – Ruguru Investment CC on Monday handed over a brand-new classroom block worth over N.dollars 1 m...

HAVANA, 09 August 2026 - Prime Minister Dr. Elijah Ngurare (seated centre, wearing a hat) met with Namibian students studying in Cuba during a recent visit, affirming the government's commitment to their academic success and well-being. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

Ngurare pledges support to Namibian students enduring hardships in Cuba

WINDHOEK, 10 AUG (NAMPA) - Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare has assured Namibian students residing in Cuba that the Namibian gove...

Uakutura Kambaekua

Indigenous midwives essential providers of maternal care: Witbooi

KATIMA MULILO, 10 AUG (NAMPA) - Vice President Lucia Witbooi has said indigenous midwives served as essential providers of mat...

Michael Mutonga Liswaniso

NKURENKURU, 08 August 2026 - Learners attending an engagement session for the boy child at the Kavango West Regional Council multipurpose hall on Friday. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

Kavango West boys lead in exams but top school dropout list: Musore

NKURENKURU, 08 AUG (NAMPA) – Kavango West Regional Education Director, Pontianus Musore highlighted that boys in Kavango Wes...

Ndaitwah urges parents to raise boys as responsible citizens

NKURENKURU, 08 AUG (NAMPA) – The First Gentleman of Namibia, Lt Gen (Rtd) Epaphras Denga Ndaitwah, has called on parents to ...

OUTJO, 07 August 2026- Education Minister Sanet Steenkamp speaking during the official inauguration of school infrastructure at Outjo in the Kunene Region. ( Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

Steenkamp inaugurates N$70 million school infrastructure in Kunene

OUTJO, 08 AUG (NAMPA) – Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Sanet Steenkamp on Friday inaugurate...

Kaviveterue Virere

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 - Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

Shafudah applauds UNAM's Veterinary Academic Hospital

WINDHOEK, 07 AUG (NAMPA) - Minister of Finance, Erica Shafudah, has applauded the University of Namibia (UNAM) for its respons...

WINDHOEK, 07 August 2026 - Khomas Regional Director of Education, Arts and Culture, Paulus Nghikembua (L)and Orban Primary School Principal Jan Cloete at the handover of the new Life Skills classroom donated by August 26 Construction to the Orban Primary School. (Photo: Ali Negumbo)

Orban Primary School receives new life skills classroom

WINDHOEK, 07 AUG (NAMPA) - Orban Primary School on Friday received a newly constructed life skills classroom and storeroom val...